Operations- Supply Chain Internship Intern II

Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals. Our staff members are committed to making a difference in our organization, for our client partners and the patients we serve. We seek individuals with proven proficiencies and strong character to help lead our organization now and into the future.

The Mission

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.

Our Co-op program provides an opportunity for students who are currently pursuing a science, engineering, computing or mathematics-based masters or undergraduate degree, to get hands on experience working with scientists doing research in a fast-paced industrial setting. The intern will contribute to development projects and advance scientific knowledge, as an integral part of the team, and will be mentored by scientists and engineers.

How will you make an impact?

The Manufacturing Planning Intern will learn what is required to be a planner in a repetitive manufacturing environment for both Make to Order and Make to Forecast products.  This work entails receiving demand signals and turning them into supply plan to support customers and site metrics.

There will also be 3 distinct projects assigned in the areas of: 

1. Inventory optimization

2. Reporting dashboards for key site metrics (mainly Power BI) 

3. Development of training materials and standard work for how to use incoming demand signals.

What will you do?

• Turn demand signals into a coherent supply plan by utilizing Materials Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Build and supervise supply plans to identify changes and to determine their impact on material requirements schedules.
• Work closely with manufacturing teams to ensure proper coverage and accurate schedules.
• Adjust the manufacturing schedules to accommodate near-term orders that differ from the agreed sales and operations (S&OP) plan.
• Complete all projects as assigned
• Participate in problem solving activities and drive back-order reduction efforts.
• Improve and upgrade material planning systems and reporting.
• Analyze supplier performance and inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste or optimize customer service.

How will you get here?

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or other business management discipline or related field.
• Embodies our Thermo Fisher values of Integrity, Involvement, Intensity and Innovation.
• 0-3 years experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Understanding of material requirements scheduling and planning concepts.
• A strong balance of analytical skills and action orientation combined with practical business acumen to drive sustaining results with intensity.
• Ability to use technology tools and translate data into high-level analysis to facilitate collaboration with and education of stakeholders toward desired business outcomes.
• Ability to clearly communicate results of analysis in verbal and written format to different levels in the organization.

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in California is $14.75–$45.75.

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. Unrestricted US Work Authorization. Forms of OPT and CPT are restricted work authorization and are not accepted for this role.

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Co-op/Intern 2024

Compensation and Benefits

The hourly pay range estimated for this position based in California is $14.75–$45.75.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards